Originally from Austin, Texas, Commander Robyn Treadwell received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, Spanish, and Latin American Studies from Brandeis University. She graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center- San Antonio School of Medicine and completed her Psychiatry internship at Boston University.

CDR Treadwell concluded training in the Psychiatry Residency and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester. While a resident, she joined the Navy as an inactive reservist. Upon completing her training, she reported to her first duty station at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) as a staff member. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). She deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with the Concussion Restoration Care team as part of Combat Logistics Regiment II in 2013. Upon her return to NMCP, she led as the division officer of Child Mental Health.

She has steered quality improvements as Clinical Champion for Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) for the Directorate of Mental Health, TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, and trained as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt enhancing collaboration and efficiency in the Exceptional Family Member Program at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan. While in Japan, she served in diverse roles, including Fleet Mental Health provider for the USS John S. McCain, responding to their tragic 2017 collision in Singapore, and Director of Healthcare Business.

Returning to Virginia, CDR Treadwell established herself as a dynamic faculty member. She led the military's only inpatient adolescent psychiatry unit and highlighted education and training as the Deputy Director for Education, Training, and Research. She joined the Mental Health Directorate at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the summer of 2021 as the Deputy Director for Mental Health, then transitioned to the Office of the Medical Corps Chief as the Plans and Policy Officer in February 2023. A strong proponent of graduate medical education, CDR Treadwell is the Navy Intern Specialty Leader.

Military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and the Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer designation.

She is board certified in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatrists and Neurologists.

*Non-financial relationships: No non-financial relationships have been disclosed.